PROCESS1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

Code: 0x6b (107)

As HRESULT:As NTSTATUS:

Parameters

ParameterDescription
1The NT status code that caused the failure
2Reserved
3Reserved
4Reserved

Description

The PROCESS1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED bug check has a value of 0x0000006B. This bug check indicates that the initialization of the Microsoft Windows operating system failed.

Important

This article is for programmers. If you're a customer who has received a blue screen error code while using your computer, see Troubleshoot blue screen errors.

Cause

Any part of the disk subsystem can cause the PROCESS1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED bug check, including bad disks, bad or incorrect cables, mixing different ATA-type devices on the same chain, or drives that are not available because of hardware regeneration.

This bug check can also be caused by a missing file from the boot partition or by a driver that a user accidentally disabled in the Drivers tab.

Resolution

The !analyze debug extension displays information about the bug check and can be helpful in determining the root cause.

Article text from the Windows driver documentation (opens in a new tab), by Microsoft, under the CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) licence.

Associated Modules

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ESENT.dll0x6b1011%1 (%2) %3The parameter %4 was read from the registry settings (at %7), but the ESE engine rejected the value %5 with err %6.
EventCreate.exe0x6b78.11011%1
KernelBase.dll0x6b78.1The program stopped because an alternate diskette was not inserted.
appmgmts.dll0x6b78.11011The execution of the setup program for application %1 from policy %2 failed. The setup path was %3 and the error was : %%4
appmgr.dll0x6b78.11011Software Installation was unable to read the MSI file %2. The following error was encountered: %1
cleanmgr.exe0x6b78.11011You can use Disk Cleanup to free up to %2 of disk space on %1.
dsreg.dll0x6b1011Unable to enumerate Passport for Work containers. User SID: %1 Error: %2
iscsiexe.dll0x6b78.11011Error %1 initializing initiator shared secret.
kernel32.dll0x6b78.11011The program stopped because an alternate diskette was not inserted.
nslookup.exe0x6b78.11011AUTHORITY RECORDS:
sc.exe0x6b78.11011ERROR: Cannot specify a service name when enumerating a group
w32time.dll0x6b1011The client fails authenticating a response with a missing signature.
webservices.dll0x6b78.11011The requested resource is available at one or more locations.
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